Embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing one embodiment of the invention is described in detail.Fig. 1 illustrates a kind of composition structure of information read equipment.Communication process part 11 in the information read equipment is by providing information as the network of internet and so on to informant's request, receive the information that provided by the informant and the information that receives being offered information generation section 12 and data high-speed buffer memory part 13.
The information that information generation section 12 then provides the informant is analyzed, identify relevant information the position is provided, set up hierarchy, the information of being discerned to demonstrate provides the association between the position, and will divide the association of inter-stage to deposit information storage part 14 in as the classification link information.If the information that the informant provided is the information that produces with HTML (HTML) for example, as the URL (uniform resource locator) of the link pointed out with label as pointing out that relevant information provides the information stores of position at information storage part 14.And, store information storage part 14 into after, information provides the position just to be stored, and provides hierarchy relevant between the position so that identification is used to represent each information.
In addition, provide the position in order to divide 15 specified search patterns to call over relevant information by the automatic read-out control part that will describe afterwards, information generation section 12 produces an automatic sense order table and this list storage is arrived information storage part 14.In addition, utilize information to be displayed on a period of time of the display part 16 that to describe afterwards, the automatic control command part 15 of information generation section 12 requests is sense information in advance, the information that identification is relevant provides the position, and with information provide the position as classification link information stores in information storage part 14, the information that this relevant information provides the position to be based on this information requested of response provides the position to provide obtains.In addition, utilize relevant information that the position is provided, information generation section 12 is upgraded automatic sense order table.As can be seen, read in advance by information, provide the situation of the information of position to compare with self information, can finish hierarchy that the identification relevant information provides the position to produce in advance and to upgrade the process that automatic sense order table, identification relevant information provide position etc.
Data high-speed buffer memory part 13 is provided by the information that each information that is provided by communication process part 11 provides the position.It should be noted that, notify automatic read-out control part to divide 15 information that keep by data high-speed buffer memory part 13 which information to provide the position to provide from, the automatic read-out control part of information response that keeps in data high-speed buffer memory part 13 divides 15 request to be read out, and is sent to display part 16.
Information storage part 14 storage classification link informations and automatic sense order table, this automatic sense order table is provided by information generation section 12.When producing a new automatic sense order table, use above-mentioned classification link information.Automatically the sense order table divides 15 to read by automatic read-out control part, to set up an information DISPLAY ORDER.
Operation part 17 is made up of operation keys, supporting remote signal receiver and information read equipment, and divides 15 to link to each other with automatic read-out control part.When user's operating and remote controlling device and operation keys, and after specifying an information to provide the signal of position to be sent by operation part 17, control Control on Communication part 11 provides the position that information is provided with solicited message.And if information generation section 12 requests shift to an earlier date sense information, control Control on Communication part 11 is provided the position that information is provided with request by the information that instruction shifts to an earlier date sense information.
In addition, in order to reach the purpose of sense information when operation part is selected search pattern, read-out control part divides 15 control informations to produce the operation of part 12 automatically.Automatically read-out control part divides 15 and solicited message provides the position to provide information based on the order that is stored in the automatic sense order table in the information storage part 14, and will deliver in the display part 16, thereby at selected search pattern automatic display information by the information that information provides the position to provide.If come self information to provide the information of position to be stored in data high-speed buffer memory part 13, read-out control part divides the information in the 15 sense data cache parts 13 automatically, and the information of reading is delivered to display part 16, thereby makes the display part display message.And automatically read-out control part divides 15 to identify the capacity of information and the display size of information, shows the time with the information according to the volume controlled display part 16 of above-mentioned information.If display size is greater than the screen size of display part 16, automatically read-out control part divide 15 carry out move display image on display part 1 automatically processing to show full detail.
Operation part 17 can be selected one of them of two search patterns, as " wide first search pattern ", be used for preferentially selecting information at the same level to provide position and demonstration that the information of position is provided from above-mentioned information, " dark first search pattern " is used for that sequential search information provides the position and will provide the information of position to show from above-mentioned information on the depth direction of classification.
If it is being mutually related as shown in Figure 2 each other that information provides the position, information provides position at the same level arrangement when " wide first search pattern ", so information is shown by the numeral of arranging by ascending order with the circle sealing.At " dark first search pattern ", information provide the position by the depth direction of classification by sequential search, the numeral of arranging by ascending order that information is surrounded with square frame shows.
Exemplify one below and produce classification link information and the operating process of sense order table automatically, this automatic sense order table is stored in information storage part 14 by the arrangement mode with " wide first search pattern " and " first search pattern deeply " simultaneously.
If selected " wide first search pattern ", the first information provides the position, and as " URL-a ", a URL (uniform resource locator) is just designated, and information is also just read thus.Then, if the information that obtains pointed out next information provide the position " URL-b, URL-c; and URL-d ", " URL-a " just is stored in the address " A " of information storage part 14 and locates, then " URL-b; URL-c, and URL-d " just stored into address " A2 is to A4 " respectively and located with this order.In addition, as shown in Figure 3A, indicate data " A2 is to A4 " that " URL-b, URL-c, and URL-d " distinguished the address stored position and be used as link data and store, so that identifying information provides the correlation of position.
Next, designated store is " URL-b " of " A2 " in the address, and information is read out in advance thus.If the information that obtains has been pointed out " URL-e and URL-f ", then above-mentioned link information is added to information storage part 14.That is to say that " URL-e and URL-f " stored into address " A5 and A6 " respectively and locate.In addition, indicating data " A5, A6 " that " URL-e and URL-f " distinguished the address stored position is used as link data and stores address " A2 " into.
Since information at the same level provide the position in this pattern by with prioritizing, " URL-c " in address " A3 " is designated, information is read out thus in advance.If the information that obtains has been pointed out " URL-g and URL-h ", " URL-g and URL-h " stored into address " A7 and A8 " respectively, and address location data " A7, A8 " are used as link data and store address " A3 " into.In addition, " URL-d " that is stored in address " A4 " is designated, and information is read out thus in advance.If the information that obtains has been pointed out " URL-j ", " URL-j " just is stored in address " A9 " and locates, and address location data " A9 " are used as link data and store address " A3 " into.
Shift to an earlier date sense information by above-mentioned same way as, just produced classification link information as shown in Figure 3A.In classification link information situation as shown in Figure 3A, information at the same level provides the position to be stored in together, and by hierarchal arrangement from high to low.Therefore, if information provides position and classification link information by same sequence arrangement, the automatic sense order table that produces " wide first search pattern " is possible, and when " wide first search pattern ", information at the same level provides position prioritization shown in Fig. 3 B.If read-out control part divides the simple appointed information of order shown in the automatic sense order table of 15 bases that the position is provided automatically, and sends information request, so, information just shows with " wide first search pattern ".
Then, if selected " dark first search pattern ", at first specify " URL-a ", information is read thus in advance.Then, if the information that obtains has been pointed out " URL-b, URL-c and URL-d ", " URL-a " just is stored in address " A1 " and locates, and " URL-b, URL-c and URL-d " just stored into address " A2 is to A4 " respectively and locate shown in Fig. 4 A.In addition, indicate data " A2 is to A4 " that " URL-b, URL-c and URL-d " distinguished the address stored position and be used as link data and store address " A1 " into, so that the correlation of identification depth direction.
Then, " URL-b " that is stored in address " A2 " is designated, and information is read out thus in advance.If the information that obtains has been pointed out " URL-e and URL-f ", " URL-e and URL-f " stored into respectively in the address " A5 and A6 ".In addition, indicate data " A5, A6 " that " URL-e and URL-f " distinguished the address stored position and be used as link data and store address " A2 " into, so that can discern the correlation of depth direction.
If the identification of the link position of the information of " URL-b " has been finished, information provides the position just can be come out by sequential search at the depth direction of classification.Therefore, " URL-e " in the assigned address " A5 ", and information is read out thus in advance.If the information that obtains has been pointed out " URL-k and URL-m ", " URL-k and URL-m " just stored into address " A7 and A8 " respectively and located.In addition, indicating data " A7, A8 " that " URL-k and URL-m " distinguished the address stored position is used as link data and stores address " A5 " into.
Then, specify " URL-k " of the address " A7 " relevant with " URL-e " of address " A5 ", information is read out thus in advance.If do not point out any link position, so, do not provide the position identified by address the classification " A7 " information that is stored in the address " A5 " before from the information of sense information wherein by the information that this playback mode in advance obtains.That is to say that data " A7, A8 " are used as link data and are stored in address " A5 ", and information is located to be read out by " URL-k " that be stored in the address " A7 ".Therefore, " URL-m " that assigned address " A8 " is located, information is read thus in advance.
If do not point out any link position by the information that this playback mode in advance obtains, so, information that can not sense information provides the position identified by address in the classification " A8 " information that is stored in the address " A5 " before.In this case, information is read in advance by " URL-k and URL-m " in the address " A7 and A8 " of the indication of the link data in address " A5 " and is finished.Therefore, do not provide the position identified by the information in address the classification " A5 " address " A2 " before from the information of sense information wherein.That is to say that because the link data in the address " A2 " has been indicated address " A5 and A6 ", information is read in advance by all URL that are associated with address " A5 " and finished, " URL-f " in the assigned address " A6 ", information is read out thus in advance.
In the assigned address " A6 " " URL-f ", information is read out thus in advance.If the information that obtains has been indicated " URL-n and URL-p ", " URL-n and URL-p " stored into address " A9 and A10 " respectively and located.And the data " A9, A10 " of indicating " URL-n and URL-p " to be distinguished the address stored position are used as link data and store address " A6 " into.
Then, designated with " URL-n " in the address " A9 " that " URL-f " in address " A6 " is associated, information is read out thus in advance.If the information that obtains by this playback mode is not in advance pointed out the next link position that is right after, so, do not provide the position identified by the link data in address the classification " A9 " address " A6 " before from the information of sense information wherein.That is to say that the link data in address " A6 " has been indicated address " A9 and A10 ", the information URL from address " A9 " has been read out in advance.Therefore, " URL-p " in the assigned address " A10 ", information is read thus in advance.If do not indicate next information that the position is provided, so, do not provide the position identified by the information in address the classification " A10 " address " A6 " before from the information of sense information wherein by the information that this playback mode in advance obtains.
If address " A9 and the A10 " information of finishing by the indication of the link data in address " A6 " is read in advance, so, do not provide the position identified by the link data in address the classification " A6 " address " A2 " before from the information of sense information wherein.Link data in the address " A2 " has been indicated address " A5 and A6 ", information read in advance by and address " A5 and A6 " all URL of being associated finish.Therefore, by the link data in address in the classification " A2 " address " A1 " before, do not provide the position identified from the information of sense information wherein.That is to say, indicated address " A2, A3 and A4 " as the link data in address " A1 ", information read in advance by and address " A2 " all URL of being associated finish.Thereby, " URL-c " in the assigned address " A3 ", information is read out thus in advance.
Information is read in advance by above-mentioned same way as and is proceeded, thereby can produce the classification link information shown in Fig. 4 A.In addition, arrange by the ascending order that information is provided the position read in advance by information, " dark first search pattern " automatic sense order table down should " first search pattern deeply " be used for that sequential search information provides the position on the depth direction of classification.If automatically read-out control part divides 15 to provide the position by the simple appointed information of order shown in the automatic sense order table, and sends information request, " dark first search pattern " down display message be possible.
And under classification link information state, information provides position and the link data that is used to discern hierarchy to be stored together.Therefore, the automatic sense order table of generation from the classification link information that " wide first search pattern " produces down " dark first search pattern " is possible, and the automatic sense order table of generation " wide first search pattern " from the classification link information that " dark first search pattern " produces down also is possible.
In these cases, relevant information provides the position to be used as link data by address stored position respectively to be used.In addition, it is possible using relevant higher or lower information that the URL of position is provided.
Fig. 5 is an information display operation flow chart, and this display operation is to utilize the automatic sense order table that produces as stated above to carry out.At step ST1, to have specified the first information when operation part 17 position is provided, specified message provides the position to be requested to provide information.Should be pointed out that if the information that provides the position to read from specified message has been stored in data high-speed buffer memory part 13, respond above-mentioned information requested and read, and operation forwards step ST2 to from storage area 13.
At step ST2, information that the position provides through communication process part 11 is provided or is provided to display part 16 from information from the information of data high-speed buffer memory part 13, display part 16 beginning display message, and operation forwards step ST3 to.At step ST3, the demonstration of information is held one period predetermined or that set according to information capacity, even so that will be shown information capacity when very big, the content of information also can be examined, and operation forwards step ST4 to.
In addition, when carrying out the automatic information read operation, the display size of the information that is shown by display part 16 is not to be confined to the size that equates with the screen size of display part 16, but frequent screen size greater than display part 16.At latter event,, control on the screen that all information is presented at display part 16 by mobile display image.
Describe now when information and show dimensions as 250 pixels (vertically) * 100 pixels (level), and the display operation of the screen size of display part 16 when being 100 pixels * 100 pixels.
As shown in Figure 6A, if trunnion axis is an X-axis, vertical axes is a Y-axis, and the coordinate in the upper left corner of the display screen of display part 16 is [0,0], and the coordinate in the lower right corner is [100,100].On this screen, 100 pixels of the first of information * 100 pixels are revealed.Then, because the Y-axis coordinate figure (hereinafter referred to as " Y-axis value ") in the lower left corner of display message is (100), so, for instance, the Y-axis value of information that is presented at [0,0] position of screen is transformed into next Y-axis value (101).If so moves image by display screen unit, thereby information is shown as page switching page by page.In addition, for instance, increase if be presented at the Y-axis value of information of [0,0] position of screen, the information that is presented on the screen scrolls up, though be not thus the information that shows at first also can be As time goes on screen order show.
Since then, when the Y-axis value (250) of the least significant end of the information that is shown is positioned at for the position of the Y-axis value [100] of display screen or is lower than the position of Y-axis value [100] of display screen, the Y-axis value (250) of the least significant end of display message is set at the position of the Y-axis value [100] of the display screen shown in Fig. 6 B, display message then.By carrying out above-mentioned processing procedure, can prevent the situation that the no message part shown in Fig. 6 C is displayed on the screen.In this mode, when information is shown through and through, provide the information of position also to be revealed by next information.For example, as shown in Figure 7, when coming self information to provide the information of position " URL-a " to be shown from the head to the tail, the information that provides the position to obtain from " URL-a " this information just provides the position information that " URL-b " obtains to be replaced by next information, and shows the latter.
In addition, the switching of the demonstration on display part 16 is finished as follows.The information of one screen is revealed, through one section preset time or through one section basis and the font demonstration time that number relevant amount of information is determined, the quantity or the size of image are used as parameter setting, as: if font number is big, just need the longer time to read displaying contents, therefore the demonstration time of a screen is set longlyer, carries out automatic page turning.Thereafter, be done up to the demonstration of the relevant least significant end information of information therewith, the information that provides the position to provide by next relevant information can be provided in the demonstration of information.
In this way, display part 16 display message, the a period of time that is used for keeping this information to show is used to carry out read operation in advance, to generate and to upgrade the classification link information and read dial gauge automatically, provides the position thereby identify next information that is shown information in advance.Should note, be used for upgrading the classification link information and reading the reading in advance in the processing of dial gauge automatically, except resemble this each all have the image of lot of data, information all is read out, and provides the process of position thereby might finish the identification relevant information fast.And, be read out as this information if comprise image pattern, then might be switched in the time of display message by next information provides information that the position obtains to realize quick display message.
Fig. 8 reads the flow chart of handling operation in advance.At step ST11, the information content that identification provides the position to read by the first information, and the detection relevant information provides the position.Then, detected information provides the position to arrive information storage part 14 as classification link information stores, and operation forwarding step ST12 to.
At step ST12, the dial gauge of reading automatically that display message is read order is provided sequence of positions to upgrade with canned data.In addition, in this step, the location recognition of reading dial gauge automatically it, the location is used to provide the information that is shown in the information on the display part 16 position is provided, and provides the position thereby identify next information that is read out information, finishes read operation in advance.
At step ST4 as shown in Figure 5, judge whether to have carried out end operation.Also be not performed if finish the operation of sense information, operation forwards step ST5 to.
At step ST5, judge whether to have carried out interrupt operation.If operation part 17 has been carried out interrupt operation, operation forwards step ST6 to.If interrupt operation is not also carried out, operation forwards step ST7 to.
At step ST6, judge whether to have carried out the operation that restarts that is used for restarting interrupted read operation.Be not performed if identify to restart to operate, operation turning back to step ST6.Be performed if identify to restart to operate, operation forwarding step ST7 to.
At step ST7, judge whether that next information provides the position to be set according to automatic sense order table.If next information provides the position to be set, operation forwards step ST8 to.
At step ST8, judge whether the information that provides the position to read by next information that has been set has been stored in data high-speed buffer memory part 13.Be read out by reading in advance to handle if comprise the information of image and/or speech data, and judge that the information of reading as stated above is stored in data high-speed buffer memory part 13, operation forwards step ST9 to so.Do not store data high-speed buffer memory part 13 into if judge conceivable as stated above information, operation turns back to step ST1, and request for next message provides the position that information is provided.
Operation forwards step ST9 to by step ST8.At step ST9, owing to obtained coming free next information that the information of position is provided, it is that information after the information from the information of the position that is stored in data high-speed buffer memory part 13 provides the position provides the position that another new information provides the position.According to automatic sense order table, provide the position to be arranged to next information this information the position is provided.Operation turns back to step ST2, in this step, utilizes the information start information that is stored in the data high-speed buffer memory part 13 to show.
For instance, when from after information provides the operation of position " URL-f " sense information to finish as shown in Figure 3, if provide the position information that " URL-g " reads not to be stored in the data high-speed buffer memory part 13 by next information, operation forwards step ST1 to by step ST8.Then, solicited message provides position " URL-g " that information is provided.If there is information to provide the position information that " URL-g " reads to be stored in the data high-speed buffer memory part 13, operation forwards step ST9 to by step ST8.At step ST9, following in information provides position " URL-g " information afterwards to provide the position to be set to " URL-h ", and step ST2 is returned in operation.At step ST2, provide the position information that " URL-g " reads to be displayed on the display part 16 by information.
In addition, if carry out end operation at step ST4, if perhaps all relevant informations provide the demonstration of the information that the position provides all to finish, and judge next information provide the position not set when step ST7, so, the information display operation finishes.
Hence one can see that, provides the position by specifying the first information, detects relevant information automatically the position is provided, and information provides the detection order of position to determine automatically that according to search pattern information is shown automatically according to search pattern thus.For the foregoing reasons, even the renewal of display message operation is not carried out by handling remote control or other devices, the information that is provided by network also can show to automatic sequence.Therefore, it is possible adopting the mode identical with television set easily to read various information.
In above-mentioned automatic information read operation, suppose that information is shown one section preset time in the search pattern of setting.In addition, search pattern can be switched, and shows that perhaps the interval of time can be changed, even so that the amount of information that will show is when very big, the information content also can be examined.
Fig. 9 is the flow chart of parameter modification operation in the automatic information read operation.At step ST21, judge whether search pattern changes.Be " dark first search pattern " if " wide first search pattern " has been changed, or " dark first search pattern " be changed and be " wide first search pattern ", operation forwarding step ST22 to.At step ST22, search pattern temporarily changes, and operation forwards step ST23 to then.If search pattern does not also change, operation forwards step ST23 to by step ST21.
Among the step ST23, judge to show that whether the time interval is by this change.For example, if fixing show the time interval and the demonstration time elongated, make that the time that is used for the inspection message content might be elongated, operate forwarding step ST24 to.In step ST24, the temporary transient change shows the time interval, and operation forwards step ST25 to.Do not show the time interval if change, operation forwards step ST25 to by step ST24.
Among the step ST25, judge the change of search pattern or show whether the change in the time interval is determined.If above-mentioned change is not determined, the search pattern that is temporarily changed or the demonstration time interval will turn back to original state before changing, and end process.If above-mentioned change will be determined, operation will forward step ST26 to.At step ST26, the search pattern or the demonstration time interval are reset according to the temporary transient content that changes, and operating process finishes.Even search pattern changes halfway, based on the classification link information, according to the search pattern that changes, it also is possible producing an automatic sense order table.This is because store the classification link packets of information of information storage part 14 into and draw together link data, so that not only information provides position but also the hierarchy also can be identified.
As from the foregoing, according to the above-mentioned embodiment, provide the information of position to show automatically and sequentially from relevant information.Therefore, even how the user does not know operational computations machine or other devices, the user also can easily read various information.In addition, do not have at television set under the situation of operation of the various information of execution sequence request, the various information of automatic reception also are possible.
Among the listed in the above embodiment that enumerates, information request is by online processing, and just communication process part 11 information of sending to provide the position.Utilize processed offline, just be stored in the relevant information in the memory cell of as hard disk of linking to each other with information read equipment and so on, the information of acquisition can same way as recited above show automatically.